John moscini



1,304,795. Pat ted May 27,1919.

J. MOSCINI.

DECORATING TO0L. APPLICATION FILED 050.9. 1918.

& 7 A TTORNEY Y'JonnMoscmI, or new YORK, a. Y.

DECORATING-TOOL.

,1 Application fi1ed1)ecember 9,1918. 7 Serial Nazca-84s.:

' To all whom it may conccrn:

Be it knownithat I, J O HN MOSOINI, a citizen of the UnitedStates,--residing at New York, in the county' and State of- New York,have invented certain new and useful 1m? provements in Decorating-Tools,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to-decorating tools, such for instance, asare'used in the -book'- Y bindery industry, and has for its object'toprovide a tool equipped with the necessary requirements which willenableoperators to constantly work at decorating'book-covers or thelike, and avoid the frequent changing of tools'as is now the practiceinth'e aforesaid industry.

Another object of myinvention is-to effect a great saving of gold'orgoldpaper, the principal material used for the decorating of book covers. I

-'With the above and other objects in view, the nature of which willmore fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists inthe novel construction, combina tion and arrangement of parts as hereinfully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the -accompanying drawings, forming part of the application, similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveralviews-z- Q V Figure 1, is an elevation of a decorating tool now in useembodying the first essential equipments formy invention. 4

Fig. 2, is a plan of said tool looking down, showing other parts of myinvention inconnection therewith.

Fig. 3,-isan end elevation of the present decorating tool, minus myinvention in connection therewith.

Fig. 4, is an elevation of the die used for decorating, the engravedface orperiphery .ofwhich' is shown in Fig. 3. n I Fig. 5, is the thumbengaging end of'the' supporting rod of, and for, my invention.

Fig. 6, is an elevation of my invention as same appears when ready foruse.

Fig. 7, is an elevation of the spool which carries the gold paper foruse in operating the tool when decorating books, etc.

Figs. 8 and 9, are respectively side and face elevations of the gage orconducting tube employed for conducting the gold paper to and inalinement with the die used for decorating.

Fig. 10, is an elevation of a decorating Specification of LettersIfatent.

Patented play 27, 1919.

tool equipped: with my invention, and as When ready for use. I

Fig. 11, represents a book decorated with any'desirable design.

' Referring to the drawings12, is the decorating die employed, theperiphery of which is engraved as-shown at 13, in Fig. 8, but any otherdesirable design may be engraved thereon. Said die is drilledcentrally'at 14, to receive or permit a suitable bolt or shaft 15, topass through same and into and through'the metallic end 16, ofthedecorating tool shown in Fig. 1,-oneend of said bolt being threadedto receive a thumb screw 17, for the purpose of adjustment, the otherend of said bolt being headed as at 18, to retain' sameinposition;It'will also be noted that the metallic end of said tool 16, is securedin'axwlooden handle 19, and in any well known manner. r p I.

Having thus describedthe decorating tool now in use, 'I will nowdescribe the several parts of my invention, and their relationto thedecorating tool just described or in connectionztherewith. 1 l 7Referring to Fig. 1, pins 20, are set at or near. the edges of theperiphery of 16, the outside pin being set somewhat in advance of theinner set pin, as shown in Figs. 2 andlO; part 16, is then drilled asshown at 21- to'receive the supporting end of rod 24, at 22,0f myimprovement, which end passes through a bore 21, and which allows thehorizontal portion 23, of the supporting rod 24,'to 'lie iand restsecurely between pins 20. At the right hand end of the supporting rod24, there occurs an upward'bend25, this bend being made at a suitableangle upward and somewhat inwardly as shown in Fig. 7, to bringthe-spool 26, containing the gold paper 33 above referred to in properalinement to feed said gold paper to the die as "shown in Fig. 10;a't27.The end ruon 6f the part 25 is bent outwardly as shown in Fig. 7 at 28,this bend 28, being if so desired extended to a suflicient length formounting other spools containing different colored papers thereon. Aguide 29, is also placed on the supporting rod 24. This guide may beadjusted to any desired position to insure the proper feeding of'thesaid gold paper to the die, by placing same as desired and thentightening up screw 30. Spool 26 will be retained in a proper positionon the bent portion 28, by setting the sliding collar 34,21} to spool25, and tightening screw 31..

In operation the downwardly bent portion of 22, the supporting rod 24:,is inserted in the bore 21, of the metal part 16 of the tool, and whenproperly seated, which seating is accomplished by pressing downwardly onthe offset thumb loop 32 of said supporting rod, and same v.will thenlie snug between pins 20 as shown in Fig. 2. The guide 29, is thenadjusted and the gold paper 33, is passed as shown by dotted line 27, toand through said guide and to and under the die. Said die will be heatedin any well known manner, not shown, and when said die is sufiicientlyheated and rolled over the corners, back, or back edge of a book, saidbook will be decorated as shown in Fig. 11. It will of course heunderstood that the gold paper will always pass between the said die andthe book to be decorated, and when said die is being rolled over saidpaper, it at the same time draws said paper from the said spool asrequired, and only so much of said paper as will be required for thedistance the decoration may be required will be used Said rolling andsaid decorating is accomplished by the operator resting the outer end ofhandle 19, upon his shoulder and pressing downwardly with one hand onsaid handle to give the desired pressure on said heated die, and holdinga book firmly with his other hand.

It will therefore be seen that in providing the aforesaid decoratingtool, with a continuous supply of gold paper I enable the operatorthereof to continuously operate the aforesaid tool and that I eifect aswell a great saving of gold paper, because in the system heretofore useda piece of gold paper had to be cut to a certain size or length and oneor more pieces cut at a time, which resulted in a great waste, whereasthe paper required and only as much as is actually requ'ired is used bymy attachment resulting in practically no loss whatsoever. Moreover, asthe die may be heated by any well known methods, for instance, gas orelectricity, not shown, the time heretofore consumed in heating adecorating tool by stove heat, and the time lost in the exchanging ofcold for hot tools, are reduced to a minimum.

The aforesaid decorating tool equipped with my improvement as specifiedabove has been more particularly specified for books,

' but. it is apparent that the uses of said tool and the improvements Ihave made thereon and thereto, may be used advantageously in otherfields of industry, and I, therefore, do not desire to be confined toany one field of usefulness.

And having thus decribed my invention what I claim is newand desire toobtain Letters Patent of the United States is 1. The combination with adecorating tool of the character described having a recess, of asupporting rod having one end removably fitted in said recess, a spoolfor colored paper rotatably mounted on the other end of the rod, and theintermediate portion of said rod having an offset thumb portionextending beyond the side of the tool.

2. The combination with a decorating tool of the character describedhaving a recess, of

a supporting rod having one end removably fitted in said recess, a spoolfor colored paper rotatably mounted on the other end of the rod, andspaced pins on the tool to engage opposite sides of the intermediateportionof the rod for retaining the same in position on the tool.

8. The combination with a decorating tool of the character described,having in connection therewith a supporting rod, means for holding saidsupporting rod in a predetermined position, a spool for gold paper,

mounted on the extreme end thereof, and an adjustable guide forconducting said paper to a die as specified.

4. The combination of a decorating tool of the character described,having in connection therewith a supporting rod mounted thereon, meansfor holding said supporting rod in a predetermined, position, and aguide adjustably mounted on said rod, said supporting rod-being bent asrequired for centralizing same in its several positions to support aspool of gold paper for the purpose specifiec.

In testimony whereof -I have signed my name to this specification.

JOHN MOSOINI.

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